After Zhao Hanyya left, Madam Ji looked at her daughter seriously and asked:
"Qingxue, what exactly happened today?"
Ji Qingxue recalled what had just happened, feeling a lingering fear, and then slowly said to her mother:
"Mother, it was Hou Yuwei. She dragged me to see the osmanthus flowers, but when we got there, a man suddenly appeared and tried to take advantage of us. In my panic, I felt something push me, and I instinctively lunged at the man!"
"If I hadn't reacted quickly and grabbed Hou Yuwei's arm to steady myself, I would have twisted my ankle. Ignoring my injury, I ran towards the back of the mountain. Strangely, the man didn't chase Hou Yuwei, but kept chasing me."
“My daughter was scared, so she ran all the way to the edge of the cliff. Seeing that the man was about to catch up, she was afraid of being caught and humiliated, so she gritted her teeth and jumped off.”
"Fortunately, there was an iron chain below, and my daughter hung on it to hide until Lord Lin arrived and she was rescued."
Ji Qingxue blushed slightly when she spoke of Lord Lin.
Looking at her daughter's expression, Madam Ji understood perfectly well that her daughter had taken a liking to Lord Lin.
So she tentatively asked:
"Qingxue, what do you think of Lord Lin?"
"What do you mean, 'how'? What does Mother mean?"
Ji Qingxue was taken aback, and after realizing what she meant, her face turned even redder. She asked in a low voice.
“Madam Lin spoke to me a while ago, saying that she had taken a liking to you and wanted you to marry her eldest son, Lin Chenglie, who was just now, Lord Lin. My mother did not agree at the time and went back to ask your father.”
"Your father said that Lin Chenglie is a decent person. Although his father is not good, he has a capable younger sister and a powerful maternal family. He is more than a match for you."
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